Firefox OS app tools

This page provides a list of useful tools, libraries, examples, etc. that are useful for Firefox OS app developers, whether you want a code template to copy, or need help with adding a specific feature to your Firefox OS app.

Note: For more details of Firefox OS-centric debugging/developer tools, check out Debugging apps.

This is a minimal working template for Firefox OS applications. This is not as comprehensive as the Boilerplate App but it provides a nice, easy-to-use, and reconfigurable template for building your first application. All explanations and two versions of the template can be found here.

Libraries

fxosRate is a library to help the promotion of your Firefox Marketplace apps by encouraging application users to rate the application. The library decides on the best moment to ask users to rate the app, based on a set of parameters.

A library allowing you to automatically open external links in a new window when your web app runs in a chromeless runtime. This is especially useful for Firefox OS and iOS web apps, but works on the whole modern web (latest version here).

Plugins

A plugin allowing you to transform a WordPress site into a hosted open web app. This creates the necessary manifest.webapp file for installing your site as a hosted app on Firefox OS, Firefox for Desktop and Firefox for Android.